What's the difference between catchpoll and myrmidon?

Catchpoll


Definition:

  • (n.) A bailiff's assistant.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "Probably it's because I appear too confident," he told the journalist Charles Catchpole at the time.
  • (2) Brand New Ancients was co-produced by Battersea Arts Centre and featured a score composed by Nell Catchpole.
  • (3) Peter Catchpole, West Sussex county council's cabinet member for adult social care and health, said: "What happened at Orchid View was harrowing.

Myrmidon


Definition:

  • (n.) One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompained Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war.
  • (n.) A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; -- sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Could you please come with me for a second?” To this day, I feel like breaking out in a rash whenever I hear khanoumi or khanoumam , so closely associated are they with the special vocabulary of Iran’s morality myrmidons.
  • (2) His ­ myrmidons sniff out plotters , arm-twisting local party ­chairmen, calling suspects in the ­middle of the night.

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